The Cay

The Cay Chapters 1 & 2
Answer each item using complete sentences.

1. What do you know about Phillip? Some of these sentences are wrong. Correct them.
Phillip is thirteen years old. His family name is Van Boven. At the beginning of the story, he is living in Ruperstad, on the British island of Curacao. Curacao is in the Pacific, near Mexico. His father’s name is Henrik and his mother’s name is Grace. The family is from England.

2. What do you know about Curacao? Are these sentences right or wrong?

  1. There are only white people living on Curacao.
  2. There is a market.
  3. There are no beaches.
  4. Not many ships or boats come to the island.
  5. It rains a lot on the island.
  6. A lot of Curacao’s food comes from other islands.
  7. Curacao is a small island.
  8. Most of the men on the island boats are black.